How Do You Use Twitter in Education

I first published this post almost two years ago. You can see the responses were anemic at best. At that time, the most common reason for NOT using Twitter in education was that it was distracting–encouraged the wrong environment for students.

Now, Twitter has become accepted in schools, often a chosen method of communicating with parents. I’ve posted several articles about Twitter in Ed

Twitter has really snowballed positively in the education field, hasn’t it? I don’t teach kids, but I do teach at postgrad level & have encouraged grad students to make use of Twitter for educational chats – especially occasional journal article discussions. It’s amazing how effective social media has become.

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